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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But you do need to pick your private school carefully; there are quite a few out there with similar drawbacks -- even now, you'll find quite a few allegedly elite, ultra expensive schools with beautiful campuses embracing Lucy Caulkins's execrable reading and writing programs. [/quote]

+1000.  At least APS, FCPS, and all other Virginia publics are required by a bi-partisan VA law to eliminate the Lucy Calkins reading approach over the next 2-3 years.  APS got in front of this issue beforehand, but only after NAACP threatened to sue over their (previous) ineffective reading curriculum, and I am very grateful to NAACP for that pressure on APS. [/quote]

NAACP was behind de-politicizing the issue. Prior to the northern Virginia NAACP getting involved specifically in our area, phonics was (and is in some areas and even some fairly recent reporting) seen as a right-of-center thing, which is ridiculous. When the local NAACP pushed it, it pushed local [i]state-level[/i] Democrats to support it, which was critical in the state-level bills getting broad support. FCPS is moving more slowly, but the 3 options they picked from the state options for new possible curricula are all head-and-shoulders above what we had.

The problem will be fidelity of implementation to the better curricula at all these districts. In FCPS at least fidelity of implementation is principal- and teacher-dependent.

And math is still the same old slow VA curriculum that even FCPS's math lead acknowledges is too basic for kids in the lower grades.[/quote]

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